Championship Round Three

Attendance : 12
Venue : Weybread No1 Pit
Total weight : 3lb 8½oz
Average weight : 4¾oz
D.N.W : 3

The new change in venues for this seasons Harleston Junior Angling Championship, which previously alternated between the two carp lakes; to one match in each lake on the Weybread complex saw twelve keen anglers lining the banks of the No 1 pit. With this new venue a complete new set of tactics and strategies faced the anglers not least the very poor early season form of the lake with the main target species Roach being noticeably by their absence and the Bream shoals proving unreliable, clear water and blazing hot sunshine added to the problems. With the odds stacked against them it was always going to be a low weight struggle and avoiding the dreaded blank was the first priority to get some valuable league points.

Top weight and maximum points on the night went to Diss angler Ricky Leggett with a mere 1lb ¼oz. Ricky set up a waggler rod and fished shallow all evening, loose feeding bronze maggot to land six Roach from peg six to pip James Lowe to top place by just two ounces.

The new tactics involved and low weights saw some new names in the frame with James Lowe pushing Ricky all the way to the final whistle for the coveted top spot. James landed five Roach and lost three potential match winning fish from peg 14 fishing a four metre whip to hand with maggot over cloud groundbait to record his highest placing with 14¼oz and a well deserved second place.

New starter ten year old Reece Clayden who only started fishing at the start of the season done well from peg 25 on the deep bank to winkle out four small Perch and one Roach and land third place with 8½oz again on four metre whip fished to hand with red maggot over slop.

Andrew Clifford just missed out on a top three placing netting four Roach on pole fished shallow from peg 15 to weigh 6¾oz.

Jack Weatherley held on to top spot in the league table with a fifth placed catch of just 3¼oz from peg 8 landing two fish on waggler presented up in the water to collect valuable points.

1. Peg 6 Ricky Leggett 1lb ¼oz
2. Peg 14 James Lowe 14¼oz
3. Peg 25 Reece Clayden 8½oz
4. Peg 15 Andrew Clifford 6¾oz
5. Peg 8 Jack Weatherley 3¼oz
6. Peg 9 Edward Howman 2¾oz
7. Peg 7 Philip Shulver 2¼oz
8. Peg 11 James Collings 1½oz
9. Peg 24 Callam Regan 1oz
10. Peg 32 Daniel Elliott DNW
11. Peg 28 Shane Riches DNW
12. Peg 12 Matthew Loane DNW

Seasons Specimens
Carp   Shane Riches 8lb 14oz Club Pit
Bream Philip Shulver 2lb 13oz Middle Pit
Roach James Collings 9½oz Middle Pit
Tench Rece Claydon 2oz Club Pit